University of Colorado School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an academic Med-Peds program (est. 2014) anchored by two nationally recognized categorical departments at CU Anschutz, blending tertiary/quaternary hospital medicine with a strong primary care and underserved-care identity through its continuity clinic at Denver Health Southwest, a Federally Qualified Health Center. The Colorado REACH curriculum, launched in 2018, formalizes a longitudinal focus on vulnerable populations and advocacy, distinguishing this program from a purely subspecialty-driven Med-Peds track. Research is well-resourced but optional rather than mandatory, with dedicated research time, a scholarship-coach model, and access to the NIH-funded StARR R38 award for residents pursuing academic subspecialty careers. Graduate outcomes split fairly evenly between community-based Med-Peds primary care/hospitalist roles and competitive fellowships (cardiology, pulm-crit care, heme-onc, adolescent medicine), reflecting a program that values both community-oriented generalists and academically-inclined subspecialists equally.